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Magic SwordNewsvAlpha.39 - Movement Odds Preview, Quest Text Overhaul, Multiplayer Roster Drawe
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vAlpha.39 - Movement Odds Preview, Quest Text Overhaul, Multiplayer Roster Drawe

Magic Sword · published 26 Jul 2026, 21:08 UTC

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Headline Features

🗺️ Movement Consequence Chance Reveal

  • Pre-Commit Previews: Stepping onto a road, plains tile, or cave now previews exact hazard, robber, or trader odds directly on the adjacent tile via the fate stage before you commit.
  • Animated Cascade & Stakes: Landing plays a smooth animated chance-reveal matching active actions. Failing hazards now prominently displays combat tags (Lv x–y) and concrete costs (HP −x / Energy −y).
  • Route Forecast: Auto-travel confirm panels now display estimated path risks (e.g., ~1.4 robbers · ~0.8 traders), factoring in active items like smoke bombs.
  • Custom Speed Settings: Added independent animation speed options for standard resources and frequent road rolls, plus an auto-travel rolls cycler to keep long walks quiet.

📜 Quest Language Cleanup

  • Complete Rewrite: All 40 Reputation quests have had their player-facing text rewritten in both English and Mandarin to fix typos and eliminate stale formulas.
  • Modern Affordances: Outdated terminology like "action grid" has been replaced with the actual current UI affordances and highlighted spots.
  • Balanced Odds: Minimum find/spar chances for quests like Lost Pet and Young Warrior have been eased and secured.

👥 Multiplayer Roster Drawer

  • Live Player Tracking: A tuck-away panel in the bottom-right corner displays every player in the lobby, using clear indicators to show who is still taking their turn and who has ended their round.
  • Username Cap: Enforced a new 25-character username limit to maintain clean drawer dimensions across all screen sizes.

Other Changes & Additions

  • Napsack Crafting & Recipe Book: Crafting is back via a new material-picker screen with convert buttons for known recipes, accompanied by a discoverable "Recipe Book" modal.
  • Smoke Bomb Item: A new minor action that grants 3 rounds of road-robber stealth (with standard exception handling for mounts and escort quests). Unlocked via the Young Warrior quest and market purchases.
  • Quieter Green Toasts: Consolidated multi-line skill-XP notifications into a single clear line on the chance pill or toast center.
  • Crafting & Trader Tweaks: Slot-2 blind-fail odds clarified with exact material percentages, and numpy string type bugs causing silent multiplayer trade failures have been fully resolved.
  • UI & Performance Fixes: Fixed ally hit point calculation sync issues, seasonal animation clumping during CPU stalls, board-highlight arrow alignment, and incorrect skill level-up requirement text.
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